tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post8930759596265821981..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: The Opposite of ArchitectureAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-43194794660241846432008-05-14T11:38:00.000+01:002008-05-14T11:38:00.000+01:00Good point. But surely it didn't have to be so fuc...Good point. But surely it didn't have to be so fucking ugly? I mean, you could have changed the floorplan's axis so as to shade the front elevation, but allow for a marginally more humane face into the street?<BR/><BR/>This post has gone over very well, so shall I do some more? The South-East has no shortage of British carchitecture.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-62144932232136444922008-05-14T11:20:00.000+01:002008-05-14T11:20:00.000+01:00Note the shadows (and the palm trees). This is LA,...Note the shadows (and the palm trees). This is LA, after all. Windows looking out onto the street would be south-facing which means scorching sunlight in the house and problems cooling the place during the summer.<BR/><BR/> It looks quite a bit like Greenie "passive cooling" house design, the sort of thing which in more northerly climates produces housing with tiny-to-non-existent noth-facing windows.<BR/><BR/> As for the garage, it's a three-car unit. One double-door and a single door for access. A car for the husband and one for the wife and one for little Tyrone or Tracy when they reach the age of 16. Pretty much standard for American detached housing designs -- I don't think I've ever seen one without at least a two-car garage.albedo404https://www.blogger.com/profile/03911252803378688997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-54381724704950524122008-05-13T15:36:00.000+01:002008-05-13T15:36:00.000+01:00Alex, this is the cul de sac of the McMansionizati...Alex, this is the cul de sac of the McMansionization of America 1999-2006. The squalor outside replicated by the hollow overbuilt spaces within. <BR/><BR/>But then, even from the Continent or the U.K., what can one expect from the country that lost its way and brought the world the 'Bedazzler'.<BR/><BR/>LeoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-28849218993123492672008-05-12T16:44:00.000+01:002008-05-12T16:44:00.000+01:00One huge door and one useless English size garage ...One huge door and one useless English size garage door. In countries which are hot people actually put their cars in a grage. And it must face the street for obvious reasons. Not a great house I admit but I think you are a bit mean--the 'huge' dooe is the right size...Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278091118703393619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-17839939669728478972008-05-11T18:01:00.000+01:002008-05-11T18:01:00.000+01:00Continuing the car theme:http://www.balloon-juice....Continuing the car theme:<BR/>http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=10334Chardonnay Chaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-88289159232186566162008-05-11T16:30:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:30:00.000+01:00Car-chitecture?Just plain 'ugly crap' would also s...Car-chitecture?<BR/><BR/>Just plain 'ugly crap' would also suffice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com